ដង

See also: ដឹង and ដូង

Khmer

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Do all these senses have the same origin or are there homonyms with various origins?”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដង ṭṅ WT romanisation dɑɑng (standard) IPA(key) /ɗɑːŋ/

Verb

ដង • (dɑɑng) (abstract noun ការដង)

1. to draw water (from a source with a bucket)
2. to dip something out of the water with a container

Noun

ដង • (dɑɑng)

1. handle, hilt (of an ax, shovel, knife, etc.), neck (of a musical instrument)
2. shaft, tongue (of a plow)
3. yoke
4. body, torso, trunk
5. range, expanse, chain (of mountains)
6. current, water course, stream flow, direction (of the flow of water, of a road)
7. time, occurrence, occasion
8. (anatomy) perineum

See also

• ច្រាម (craam)
• កាល (kaal)
• ពេល (peel)
• ជើង (cəəng)